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cover of episode 【摩登家庭】 “一学习我就提不起劲儿来……”

【摩登家庭】 “一学习我就提不起劲儿来……”

2018/9/15
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英语老师瑶瑶

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【句子】Actually, honey, you did kinda shoot your mouth off. 【Modern Family-S1E10】【发音】['æktʃʊəli] ['hʌni] [ju:] [dɪd] [ˈkaɪndə] [ʃu:t] [jɔ:(r)] [maʊθ] [ɒf]【发音技巧】停顿;shoot your当中[t]+[j]有同化现象,有点像[tʃ];【翻译】实际上,亲爱的,是你有点信口开河了。【适用场合】① shoot one’s mouth off (口语)大家只要联想一下植物大战僵尸里面的豌豆射手就明白什么意思了。把一个人的嘴巴比作一挺上了子弹的机关枪。shoot your mouth off (about sth) To speak indiscreetly. 说话不谨慎;To brag; boast. 吹嘘,吹牛;eg: If you shoot your mouth off like that one more time, I won't tell you anything in the future.要是你下次再这么胡说八道,以后我什么也不跟你说了。② Let’s not all get worked up!我们不要越说越起劲了!work sb./yourself up (into sth) 来劲;to make sb./yourself reach a state of great excitement, anger, etc:之前在公众号里Friends的学习中讲过一个句子:You know how he latches on.动词短语latch on 也有这个含义哦。eg: Don't work yourself up/get worked up about something so trivial ['trɪvɪəl].不要为这点小事大动肝火。eg: I just can't get worked up about dancing.我对跳舞就是提不起劲儿来。【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章末尾】He always shoots his mouth off and says things he later regrets.